Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities Assem El Gazzar has approved the extension of full payment of residential and non-residential arrears to March 15, with fines exemption.

Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities Assem El Gazzar has emphasized the need for adherence to deadlines and continuous follow-up on the construction of housing units in the “Residence for all Egyptians” initiative.

Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities Assem El Gazzar has unveiled plans to deliver several housing units in Capital Residence, located in the New Administrative Capital's (NAC) R3 District, from January 3 to July 5.

Mountain View has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Huawei Technologies to develop information technology (IT) infrastructure at its “iCity” projects in east and west Cairo, with investments exceeding USD 1 mn (EGP 15.8 bn).

Merely 66 fully-finished villas overlooking the Nile River, nestled within New Aswan's in-progress 6,000-meter-long tourist strip, have been delivered, with 84 others in the pipeline for handover before July 2021.

Vice President of New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) Abdulmutallab Mamdouh has inspected work on phase II of New Cairo's Dar Misr middle-income housing project, affirming that 1,625 apartments (69 residential buildings) are set for delivery starting from January 2021.

Egypt-based real estate developer Misr Italia Properties (MIP) has managed to record contractual sales of EGP 2 bn in 2020, paired with the delivery of mixed-use units at five different property projects nationwide, despite the Coronavirus-induced slump.

Deputy Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities for National Projects Khaled Abbas has confirmed that the annual investments in the real estate sector stand at EGP 700 bn - EGP 800 bn, of which 60% are provided by the public sector.

AlKarma Developments has rolled out its newest property project in west Cairo's Sheikh Zayed, called "AlKarma Gates," with investments totaled at EGP 1.8 bn, intending for completion by 2024.

Some Egyptian businessmen have recently acquired the New City Housing and Development Company (NCHD), a subsidiary of Orascom Development Egypt (ODE), through an English investment fund and one of GB Capital companies owned by Raouf Ghabbour, in a move valued at USD 50 mn (EGP 787.1 mn).